[


    {
        "title": "Stupa Reliquary",
        "date": "2018-10-31 13:35:57.830557 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "Late 17th century?",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "avery_ap1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Art Properties, Avery Library, Columbia University",
        "cultural_region": "China",
        "object_use": "",
        "material": "Gilded bronze inlaid with jewels, ink on fabric behind glass, wooden base",
        "notes": "Gift of J. G. Phelps Stokes (C00.1603.1). Artist unknown."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Tribal Mask",
        "date": "2017-05-08 16:40:31.449926 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "unknown",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2002_5_14H065064.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "Bhutan",
        "object_use": "Domestic | Military or hunting | Religious",
        "material": "Wood",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Tribal Mask",
        "date": "2017-05-08 16:40:31.449926 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "unknown",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2002_5_12H065062.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Domestic | Military or hunting | Religious",
        "material": "Wood",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Zoe ND 3",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:58.166347 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Zoe NO DATA 3.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Black Tent",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:57.092001 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Zoe 3.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Sha bo sgrol ma ཤ་བོ་སྒྲོལ་མ། (Zoe) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Domestic | Other",
        "material": "Wood | Wool",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Phurba (Zoe ND 1)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:57.486264 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Zoe NO DATA 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Zoe ND 2",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:57.830557 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Zoe NO DATA 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Flint",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:56.507355 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Zoe 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Sha bo sgrol ma ཤ་བོ་སྒྲོལ་མ། (Zoe) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Domestic",
        "material": "Iron | Leather | Metal (generic) | Stone",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Painted Bones",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:56.765427 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "21st",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Zoe 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Sha bo sgrol ma ཤ་བོ་སྒྲོལ་མ། (Zoe) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Bone",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Robe (Winona ND 6)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:56.215485 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona ND 6.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Daggar and Sheath (Winona ND 4)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:55.541283 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona ND 4.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Earrings (Winona ND 3)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:55.194898 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona ND 3.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Winona ND 5",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:55.907053 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona ND 5.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ring (Winona ND 2)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:54.318312 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona ND 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Winona ND 1",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:54.088776 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona ND 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Adorment ",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:53.430149 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "21st",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 10.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Decorative | Other",
        "material": "Metal (generic) | Silver",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Dagger (Decorative)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:53.730927 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "21st",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 11.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Decorative | Other",
        "material": "Metal (generic) | Silver",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Tsampa Container",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:53.12235 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 9.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Domestic",
        "material": "Lacquer | Wood",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Leopard Skin Bags",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:52.454683 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 7_0.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Domestic | Other",
        "material": "Animal Hide and Fur | Leather | Textile ",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Prayer Wheel and Holder",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:52.723081 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "21st",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 8.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Iron | Metal (generic) | Wood",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Shrine in Tent",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:52.068182 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "21st",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 6_0.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Metal (generic) | Textile  | Wood",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Cymbals",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:51.418666 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 4.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Metal (generic) | Textile ",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ritual Horns",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:51.74278 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 5.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Metal (generic)",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ritual Objects",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:50.473929 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 3.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Leather | Metal (generic) | Textile  | Wood",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Tsa Tsa (Stamped Clay)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:50.08175 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "21st",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Clay",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Amulet",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:49.698804 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Winona 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Skal bzang lha skyid སྐལ་བཟང་ལྷ་སྐྱིད། (Winona) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Metal (generic)",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Virginia ND 1",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:49.332842 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Virginia ND 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Eight Auspicious Symbols Printing Block",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:48.969837 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Tanya 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "བསྟན་འཛིན་གཡུ་སྒྲྲོན། Bstan ’dzin g.yu sgron (Tanya) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Leather | Wood",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Hair Ornaments ",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:48.631778 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "21st",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Tanya 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "བསྟན་འཛིན་གཡུ་སྒྲྲོན། Bstan ’dzin g.yu sgron (Tanya) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Decorative | Other",
        "material": "Silk | Textile ",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Leather Shoes (Supriya ND 1)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:48.3211 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Supriya ND 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Coral Hair Ornament ",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:47.342165 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Myrtle 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "ཚེ་རིང་སྐྱྱིད། Tse ring skyid (Myrtle) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Decorative | Other",
        "material": "Cotton | Silk | Silver",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ritual Drum (Myrtle ND 2)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:47.969314 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Myrtle ND 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Water mani wheel",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:47.620538 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "8",
        "thumbnail": "Myrtle 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "ཚེ་རིང་སྐྱད། Tse ring skyid (Myrtle) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Brick | Iron | Metal (generic) | Textile ",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Butter Sculpture and Tsampa (Gloria ND 1)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:46.204599 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Gloria ND 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ritual Costume (Mark ND 1)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:46.513016 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Mark ND 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Metal Statue (Frank ND 5)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:45.961407 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Frank ND 5.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ritual Drum (Frank ND 3)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:45.59042 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Frank ND 3.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Frank",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ritual Objects (Frank ND 4)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:45.237643 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Frank ND 4.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Chorten (Stupa)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:44.098155 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Ed 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Brtse bkur (Ed) Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Frank ND 1",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:44.473152 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Frank ND 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Metal Statue (Frank ND 2)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:44.857096 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Frank ND 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Aaron ND 2",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:43.383669 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Aaron ND 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Butter Sculpture (Aaron ND 3)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:43.726872 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Aaron ND 3.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Dagger and Sheath (Aaron ND 1)",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:42.552275 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Aaron ND 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ritual Bell and Dorje",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:42.29093 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "8172011",
        "thumbnail": "Aaron 2.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "འབྲུག་སྐྱབས། ('Brug skyabs) Aaron Private Collection",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Bronze | Copper | Leather | Wood",
        "notes": "Open for metadata submission."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Torma",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:41.945655 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Aaron 1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "འབྲུག་སྐྱབས། ('Brug skyabs) Aaron Private Collection ",
        "cultural_region": "Kham",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "c2006.18",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:41.288216 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "C2006.18.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "",
        "material": "Wood",
        "notes": "Metadata forthcoming."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "c2012.6.2_Tibet_2",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:41.602177 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "C2012.6.2_Tibet_2-_0.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "",
        "material": "Ceramic",
        "notes": "Metadata forthcoming."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "c2005.17",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:40.97214 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "C2005.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "",
        "material": "Bronze",
        "notes": "Metadata forthcoming"
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Glue",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:39.889016 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "080102006-1_0.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "C. V. Starr East Asian Library",
        "cultural_region": "Central Tibet (Ütsang)",
        "object_use": "Administrative | Other",
        "material": "",
        "notes": " (Tib. kha spyin.) This is a stick of glue, which must first be wetted. The Tibetan name suggests this was done by licking it (kha = mouth), and this is confirmed by the dictionary entry in the Bod Rgya tshig mdzod chen mo, v.1, 2004, p. 200. "
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Inkpot ",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:39.268533 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "11102008",
        "thumbnail": "080102002_1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "C. V. Starr East Asian Library",
        "cultural_region": "Central Tibet (Ütsang)",
        "object_use": "Administrative",
        "material": "Metal (generic)",
        "notes": "(Tib. snag bum. )For a brief article about similar objects, see Christopher Calderhead, 'Hidden Treasures: Visiting the Latse Library,' Letters from New York, v.4 (2007): 36-51."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Accounting Pouch",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:38.220012 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "2008",
        "thumbnail": "080102001-big.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "C. V. Starr East Asian Library",
        "cultural_region": "Central Tibet (Ütsang)",
        "object_use": "Administrative",
        "material": "Animal Hide and Fur",
        "notes": "Tibetan term: Mde’u khug. Currently at the Rare Books Collection, C.V. Starr East Asian Library. Please note, the 'bits' to the left of the pouch are of mixed age and origin. "
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ruling Chalk ",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:38.89489 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "11102008",
        "thumbnail": "080102004-1_5.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "C. V. Starr East Asian Library",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Administrative",
        "material": "Wool",
        "notes": "(Tib. thig rkyal.) This pouch contains chalk dust used to rule a writing board.  "
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Seal",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:38.607883 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "11102008",
        "thumbnail": "080102007-1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "C. V. Starr East Asian Library",
        "cultural_region": "Central Tibet (Ütsang)",
        "object_use": "Administrative",
        "material": "Bronze",
        "notes": "(Tib. tham ka; also tham ga)"
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Lama Marpa Chokyi Lodro Tapestry",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:37.220877 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "18th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2006_66_577H01061.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Silk",
        "notes": "Teacher (Lama) - Marpa Chokyi Lodro, Tibet, Kagyu lineage."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Lama Tapestry",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:37.558051 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "18th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2006_66_586H01088.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "China (Tibetan Sites)",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Silk",
        "notes": "Unidentified Teacher (Lama), China, Gelug lineage."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Message Board",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:37.844182 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "2008",
        "thumbnail": "080102003-1.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "C. V. Starr East Asian Library",
        "cultural_region": "Central Tibet (Ütsang)",
        "object_use": "Administrative",
        "material": "Lacquer | Wood",
        "notes": "Tibetan term: Samṭa. Currently in the Rare Books Collection, C.V. Starr East Asian Library."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Stupa Tapestry",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:36.833897 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "19th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2006_66_33H01087.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "Mongolia",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Silk",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Vajrabhairava Tapestry",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:36.460919 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "19th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2006_15_2H065633.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Silk",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Vajrasattva Tapestry",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:36.079954 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2006_15_1H065632.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Silk",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Purba with three faces of Vajrakila Buddha",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:35.230198 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "<15th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2005_3_1HAR65390_side_a.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Horn | Wood",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Arhat Tapestry",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:34.218091 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "18th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2004_18_3H065350.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "China",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Embroidery",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Container",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:34.951464 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "15th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2005_16_67HAR65490_version_c.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Metal (generic)",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Hevajra Tapestry",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:34.612734 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "19th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2004_5_5H065296.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "China (Tibetan Sites)",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Embroidery",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Shakyamuni Buddha Tapestry",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:33.211798 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "17th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2003_19_2H065223.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Decorative | Religious",
        "material": "Embroidery",
        "notes": "Brocade detail:  Official insignia of the Ming Dynasty, 15th-17th Century"
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Stupa, Kadampa Chorten",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:33.554559 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "<15th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2003_21_1H065233.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Copper",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Vajrapani Mahachakra Tapestry",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:33.935078 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "15th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2003_52_1H065108.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "China",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Embroidery | Silk",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Mahakala, Dance Apron",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:32.824424 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "19th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2003_13_7H065220.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Embroidery",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Mask, Gonpo, Buddhist Protector ",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:32.211542 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "unknown",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2002_5_6H065056.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Papier-mache | Wood",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Ritual peg",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:32.510332 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "18th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2003_13_3H065217.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Copper",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Tribal Mask",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:31.449926 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2002_5_15H065065.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "Nepal (Border)",
        "object_use": "Domestic | Military or hunting | Religious",
        "material": "Wood",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Case",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:30.039054 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "15th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2002_34_3H065162.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Decorative | Tool",
        "material": "Wood",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Mask for Ritual Dance",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:30.681802 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "17th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2002_35_1H065163.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Decorative | Religious",
        "material": "Papier-mache",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "The Heroic Being Vajrasattva ",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:30.342079 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "unknown",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2001_12_1H065031.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Decorative | Religious",
        "material": "Textile ",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Iron Pen Sheath",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:29.568153 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "2008",
        "thumbnail": "pen-sheath.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "C. V. Starr East Asian Library",
        "cultural_region": "Central Tibet (Ütsang)",
        "object_use": "Administrative",
        "material": "Iron | Metal (generic) | Wood",
        "notes": "Tibetan term: Smyug sgrog. Currently in the Rare Books Collection, C.V. Starr East Asian Library."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Reliquary Stupa",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:29.808611 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "<15th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Rubin_C2003_12_2H065213.preview.jpg",
        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Metal (generic)",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Stupa, Jinta Temple",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:29.290681 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "16th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Ziling Jinta si_2082.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Bronze | Cotton | Silk | Stone | Wood",
        "notes": "This combined stupa and incense burner are in a Chinese style and give the name Gold Stupa Temple (Jinta si) to this Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Chinese provincial capital of Xining. Although the combined stupa and incense burner appear to be made of bronze or some other non-precious metal, it was probably once covered in gold-leaf. Note the mix of Chinese and Tibetan material culture, such as the Chinese 'fu' dogs with their heads tied in Tibetan kata scarves, the Tibetan Lantsa script and deer and wheel emblems alongside the Chinese symbol for longevity."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Local God Wall Mural",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:28.195432 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Serkhok Gon ext art_2052.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "This image is a depiction of a local god (yul lha) such as Amye Machen or a similar figure."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Protector Deity Wall Mural",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:28.932619 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Serkhok Gon ext art_2053.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Possibly a dharma protector or local god. The turban headdress is unusual."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Assembly Hall Exterior, Dzomokhar Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:27.101521 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Minhe Dzomokhar5_1441.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Bronze | Clay | Cotton | Stone | Wood",
        "notes": "This assembly hall holds the reliquary stupa of Shakya Yeshe, an important disciple of Tsongkhapa, first built after the cart carrying his remains back from Beijing got stuck here in 1435. The monastery founded on this spot became an important fortified monastic outpost of the Ming empire."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Assembly Hall Exterior, Tashikhyil Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:27.490555 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "17th",
        "image_date": "2006",
        "thumbnail": "Rebkong Tashikhyil closeup_0888.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Bronze | Clay | Copper | Cotton | Gold | Stone | Wood | Wool",
        "notes": "This monastery was established as a retreat by the famous Rebgong lama Shar Kelden Gyatso in 1648. See the book on this monastery's founder by Victoria Sujata, Brill Press."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Side Hall, Tsenpo Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:27.868623 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "17th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Serkhok Gon ext art_2042.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Clay | Copper | Iron | Silk | Stone | Wood",
        "notes": "This side hall has interesting illustrations, see related entries on this monastery (Tsenpo)."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Protective Woodblock Print",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:26.480326 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "15th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "IMG_1377.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Cotton | Silk",
        "notes": "This blockprint on cotton is attached over a doorway. The mantra repeated on the textile is 'Om mani padme hung' so the image is presumably that of Chenrezik, or Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva associated with compassion and the Dalai Lamas. The silken fabric hanging down in front of the woodblock print is probably a kata (khwa ta), which are frequently blessed by lamas. This monastery derives its name (Mouth of the Kata Monastery) from the fact that a kata hung from a bush spoke to local Tibetans, and this miracle prompted the foundation of the monastery."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Stupa, Drotsang Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:26.106261 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "<15th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Drotsang stupa_1874.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Stone | Wood",
        "notes": "Drotsang Monastery (Gro tshang Dgon pa, Ch. Qutan Si) was partially destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, but repairs have since been made.TBRC Place RID: G874See Wei Meng, Qutan Si = Qutan Lamsery (Xining: Qinghai renmin chubanshe, 1986), 39p.See Zuo Xie, Qutan Si (Xining: Qinghai renmin chubanshe, 1998),109p. "
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Stupa, Dzomokhar Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:26.806951 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Minhe Dzomokhar site where Shakya Yeshe died_1461.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Clay | Copper | Stone",
        "notes": "This stupa marks the site where the cart carrying the remains of Shakya Yeshe, an important disciple of Tsongkhapa, got stuck in the mud on the way back from Beijing to Lhasa in 1435. The monastery founded on this spot became an important fortified (note tall wall behind the stupa) monastic outpost of the Ming empire. "
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Assembly Hall Exterior,  Upper Drotsang Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:25.792638 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "unknown",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Drotsang Upper Gon_1934.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Cotton | Stone | Wood",
        "notes": "This monastery should not be confused with the lower (original) Drotsang Monastery, just down the valley. For details on the history of these two monasteries, see Louis Schram's 'The Monguors of Kansu'."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Assembly Hall Interior, Tak Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:25.083274 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "unknown",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Banyul Takgon main hall interior_1089.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Bronze | Cotton | Gold | Silk | Wood | Wool",
        "notes": ""
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Woodblock Printing, Cantsa",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:25.489035 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Cantsa srid Gechuk printing_1057.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Cotton | Wood",
        "notes": "Two woodblocks: one for religious text, and one likely for prayers printed on cloth. Note the ink. Exact means of display/use unknown."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Tsongkhapa Lineage Tree Wall Mural",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:24.201151 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Banyul Amgon interior Tsongkhapa_1144.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Religious",
        "material": "Cotton | Gold | Wood",
        "notes": "Located inside the Amgon Monastery, this painting is clearly new. "
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Entrance Gate, Kumbum Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:23.108459 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "2006",
        "thumbnail": "7Kumbum entrance & hospital_1646.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Agricultural",
        "material": "Stone | Wood",
        "notes": "Entrance gate to Kumbum (Sku 'bum) Monastery, founded in 16th century; new construction in the 21st century. A hospital is visible in the background.Photo taken: 2006"
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Medicine Buddha Wall Mural",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:23.83055 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "20th",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "Banyul Amgon interior Medicine Buddha_1145.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "",
        "notes": "Located inside the Amgon Monastery, the structure of which seems to have survived the Cultural Revolution, though this painting is clearly new."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Shrine Halls--Shadzong Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:23.500852 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "<15th",
        "image_date": "2006",
        "thumbnail": "8ShaDzong_0375.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Stone | Wood",
        "notes": "Shadzong Monastery was founded in the 12th century, though these buildings have probably all been rebuilt since the Cultural Revolution ended (1976). "
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Main Hall, Jakhyung Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:22.334334 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "2006",
        "thumbnail": "18Byakhyung Main Hall interior_0454.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Other | Religious",
        "material": "Cotton | Gold | Leather | Silk | Wood",
        "notes": " "
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Maitreya Hall, Jakhyung Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:22.722497 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "2006",
        "thumbnail": "19Byakhyung Maitreya Hall_0501.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
        "cultural_region": "Amdo",
        "object_use": "Administrative | Other",
        "material": "Copper | Cotton | Gold | Iron | Stone | Wood",
        "notes": "Jakhyung Monastery, founded in the 14th century with major renovations in the late 20th century-early 21st century. This hall is known for blessing those seeking to have children. Such seekers come on pilgrimage to circumambulate and pray at the temple."
    }
,
    {
        "title": "Main Assembly Hall, Jakhyung Monastery",
        "date": "2017-04-24 16:40:21.132007 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "<15th",
        "image_date": "2006",
        "thumbnail": "14ByaKhyung Main Hall_0496.preview.JPG",
        "source_title": "Private Collection (Gray Tuttle)",
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        "source_title": "Rubin Museum of Art",
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        "object_use": "Decorative | Religious",
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        "notes": ""
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        "title": "Objects",
        "date": "2018-10-31 13:35:57.830557 +0000 UTC",
        "date_range": "",
        "image_date": "",
        "thumbnail": "",
        "source_title": "",
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